Rhine container accident

[Thamesbank]

I guess you've all heard of this, but I was on the Rhine yesterday. Germany's busiest river is closed to shipping due to this:

31 containers floating down the river. What a mess.

 

[alistairedw]

That is going to make for difficult looting.

 

[mikefleetwood]

That's a long way from the Napoli!

 

[sarabande]

Looks like a post modernist / experiential mobile art installation to me.

Do you think I can get the Tate Modern to sponsor me for an exhibition of "Flotsam and Jetsam - a commentary on Globalism and the role of the Free Floating Market".

Should be worth a couple of million from one of the Saatchis.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Oops!

 

[TiggerToo]

Good one Sarabande /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Bajansailor]

Is there a poor ship involved as well? If so, I hope she is not lurking on the bottom of the river underneath this lot of floating boxes.

 

[rickp]

here and here

Rick

 

[Twister_Ken]

Not been a good Q1 for container shippers, then. Apart from the Napoli, wasn't there also a ship that fell over in Antwerp?

 

[Amphitrite]

Rhine now open again, and around 500 inland barges rushing back into operation....